For those who don’t relish the drive out to Blossom Music Center, as lovely as it is, in recent years, the Cleveland Orchestra has been feeding its fans’ appetite for off-season music with its Summers ...

Photo by Lewis Burrell III Judge Sara J. Harper passed away on July 8, 2025, days short of her 99 th birthday. Out of the limelight for the last decade, as her health declined, Judge Harper was a ...

The three musicians who comprise Time Canvas — guitarist/theorbist Joshua Stauffer, violinist Chaira Fasani Stauffer and cellist Robert Nicholson — have some fresh and distinctive ideas about ...

Every corny joke (aka “Dad joke”) you’ve ever heard is likely packed into Shucked. The Broadway musical’s national tour stomps and hee-haws on the Connor Palace Stage through May 11. And yep, it does ...

Recently, Under the Streetlamp took to Akron’s Goodyear Theater for a night of revelry and celebration — a performance paying homage to great American music, tracing the lineage of pop and rock ‘n ...

FreshFest, the early fall festival at Rid-All Farm and Otter Park in the Kinsman neighborhood, always annoys us by being the last major festival to confirm its date for our summer events listings.

Wed 7/16 @ noon The second edition of the City Club’s free outdoor forums on the Playhouse Square Plaza across from its offices ties in with another event happening at Playhouse this week: the ...

Yes, we know a lot of you are fed up with politics or just anxious and terrified about what’s going on and trying not to pay attention. But there IS something you should pay attention to, even if it’s ...

Sat 7/12 @ 7PM When I was a little girl, my bedroom was a converted sunroom next to our kitchen dining nook, where a radio clock alarm went off in the morning, waking me up to a blast of the local ...

Magic, beguiling fiddler, romance, song, and dance? Yes, please, thank you. The engaging Cleveland Play House production, directed by Michael Barakiva, lights up Playhouse Square’s Allen Theatre. It ...

Fri 7/11 @ 6PM Sun 7/13 @ 4PM This is the season for outdoor music, in parks, on beaches, on terraces, at outdoor theater and concert facilities — and in backyards. This week, M.U.S.i.C. (Stars in the ...

Sat 7/12 The city of Kent is a bustling music town, packed with bars, club and restaurants that host bands and performers regularly. And from time to time, the city hosts a festival where all those ...